Water Management
Water management ensures sustainable, equitable access to clean water, balancing supply and demand. Earth Observation solutions support health, agriculture, ecosystems, and economic growth, while mitigating climate change impacts and preserving resources.
Key applications in Water Management

Bathing Water Monitoring
Global warming and human activities are putting water bodies under pressure.
Bathing water monitoring
Global warming and human activities are putting water bodies under pressure. To make upcoming dangers visible, authorities need to keep a constant eye on bathing waters. However, classical sampling often misses dangerous developments. Satellite-based solutions overcome these limitations: They enable a rapid and panoptic overview, even of many water bodies at a time.
Water quality monitoring services of lakes, rivers and coastal water by EOMAP support water managers. The online solution eoapp AQUA enables water managers to easily monitor their water bodies in an up to daily frequency. This even applies to small water bodies, due to the fact that we use the best available satellite data. These solutions will not only support your bathing water management in a highly efficient way. You can also count on robust data to comply with the EU Water Framework Directive or reporting needs on national or regional levels.

Drinking Water Monitoring
Hot and dry summers increasingly cause low levels in drinking water reservoirs.
Drinking water monitoring
EOMAP’s satellite-based solutions enable a frequent and detailed view on reservoirs and entire river catchments. This knowledge empowers water managers to unveil seasonal or regional patterns in reservoirs. Moreover, drinking water providers can see hazardous algal blooms in time and take necessary action.

Water treatment plant monitoring
Cyanobacteria blooms are a potential threat to the operations of water treatment plants.
Water treatment plant monitoring
Cyanobacteria blooms are a potential threat to the operations of water treatment plants. Often, water treatment infrastructure located in lagoons are particularly affected by algal blooms. Their occurrence can interrupt the supply of recycled water and lower the efficiency of treatment processes.
The large coverage of satellite-based services is key for this application: It can help identify spatial patterns and support management activities to reduce or even avoid algal blooms at an early stage. Up to daily monitoring of even small ponds allows the establishment of a dense algal bloom warning system. EOMAP’s services follow a user-oriented, independent approach. We use the best available data sources for each application.
Use Cases

WasMon-CT
Satellite-derived Water Quality Data for Governmental Use
Under the EU Water Framework Directive (EU WFD) environmental agencies are obliged to report regularly on ecological conditions and trophic […]

UNESCO-IHP IIWQ World Water Quality Portal
World’s first global water quality portal built to support UNESCO Program
UNESCO, through its International Initiative on Water Quality (IIWQ) has published the […]

Space-O
Space Assisted Water Quality Forecasting Platform for Optimized Decision Making in Water Supply Services
In Europe, as in other parts of the world, freshwater resources are limited and face increasing pressures, […]

Lake Elsinore & Canyon Lake
Long-term water quality monitoring of two different lakes in California, USA
In July 2015 EOMAP established long-term water quality monitoring services for the American branch of British multi-national consultancy company […]

HYPOS
HYPOS integrates multi-source data – for improved hydropower planning and operation
Easy access to and targeted analysis of water quality data such as sediment concentrations and hydrological parameters are […]

eoLytics Water Quality Processor Licensing for Lactec Brazil
EOMAP issued the first license of its latest, cloud-based processing system for quality assessment of inland and coastal water bodies using satellite data to Brazilian company Lactec.

Catch-Mekong
Monitoring Sedimentation in the Mekong Delta
The international Catch-Mekong project aims to provide research and technology for the sustainable management of natural resources in the Mekong basin with a special focus […]

Impact factors of oxygen loss on Elbe River
Identifying impact factors for lack of oxygen and biodiversity loss on rivers is challenging. River basins are complex and dynamic ecosystems.
TESA aims to provide new insights into these riverine ecosystems […]
“Satellite-based measurements are a quantum leap in surface water monitoring in terms of temporal and spatial resolution. We get at least ten times as many valid readings per season.”
Customer statement
Eckhard Kohlhas, State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Solutions for Water Management
With the following services and web apps, we support water managers, dredgers and environmental authorities. Please click on the relevant box to learn more, including contact persons and demo data for download.
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Process your own data by using eoapp SDB-Online, eoapp AQUA or eoapp HYPOS. Simplify your workflows!